By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY HOUSE SPEAKER PADIPAT Santipada said today (Sep.27) he plans to push for use of a Cloud servers system at parliament. The deputy House speaker, who concurrently performs as a Move Forward MP of Phitsanulok, confirmed that he will put forward his initiative for the legislative branch to apply a
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Srettha pays official visit to Cambodia
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin is paying an official visit to Cambodia tomorrow (Sep.28), according to government spokesman Chai Wacharong. The Thai prime minister is leaving for Phnom Penh tomorrow to meet with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet, among other high-level government officials. Cambodia becomes the first Asean member state to
Read moreThailand relaxes rules on non-resident baht transactions – cenbank
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND’S central bank said on Tuesday (Sep. 26) it was relaxing some foreign exchange rules for non-residents to improve the ease of doing business in the country. More flexibility will be given under the non-resident qualified company (NRQC) scheme, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) said in a statement.
Read moreSrettha downsizing army of officials accompanying him on provincial tour
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Sep.26) told all members of his cabinet to no longer manage to have too many government officials accompany him during his official trips to the provinces. Government spokesman Chai Wacharong quoted the prime minister as suggesting that all cabinet members no longer give orders for
Read more2.69 million farmers given one-year debt moratorium
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OVER 2.69 MILLION FARMERS currently indebted to the Bank for Agriculture & Agricultural Cooperatives have been granted a one-year moratorium, according to government spokesman Chai Wacharong. The cabinet today (Sep.26) approved the government’s measure to grant the one-year moratorium effective between Oct. 1, 2023 and Sep. 30, 2024 for more
Read moreAnon gets 4 years’ jail in Section 112 case, bail likely delayed
PROMINENT activist lawyer Anon Nampha was this morning (Sep. 26) given four years in jail and fined 20,000 baht for violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, and the Emergency Decree over demonstrations in 2020 but bail request could take days to process, Thai Rath newspaper said. Mr.
Read more18 hurt as electric bus with brake failure rams into 11 vehicles
AN ELECTRIC bus running along Rama 2 road this morning (Sep. 26) slammed into 11 vehicles that had stopped at a red light injuring 18 road users after the brakes failed, Thai Rath newspaper said. The bus, number 558, was heading from Thonburi Housing Authority to Suvarnabhumi Airport when it suddenly triggered the pileup
Read moreEx-police chief suspects plot in search of ‘Big Joke’s’ house
FORMER POLICE chief Pol. Gen. Sereepisuth Temeeyaves said this evening (Sep. 25) there are two parts to searching the house of Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big Joke, with one being a straight-forward attempt to find links to online gambling but the other is to “kick and cut him
Read morePaetongtarn likely to be named Pheu Thai leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convicted inmate Thaksin Shinawatra, will likely be named leader of the ruling party, said an outspoken Pheu Thai MP today (Sep.25). In an extraordinary caucus speculated next week, Pheu Thai members will overwhelmingly vote Paetongtarn for the top partisan leadership, said Pheu
Read moreDigital wallet policy likely to be funded by Government Savings Bank
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED government’s digital wallet policy will likely not be funded by any financial sources other than the Government Savings Bank, said Move Forward MP Sirikanya Tansakul today (Sep.25). The opposition MP posted on her Facebook page to fuel hearsay that the electoral campaign-promised digital wallet policy, calculated to
Read moreBig Joke’s house searched after team members were netted in online gambling raids
CYBER POLICE searched the house of Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big Joke, after seven officers in his team were rounded up on the charges of involvement in running online gambling websites but did not find incriminating evidence, TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said today (Sep. 25). This
Read morePita: Move Forward aiming for 300 seats in next general election
MOVE FORWARD’S former leader Pita Limjaroenrat who now is advisory chairman to new party leader Chaithawat Tulathon gave a rousing speech to the rank and file this evening (Sep. 24) where he set a goal of getting 300 MP seats in the next general election, Amarin TV said. The large crowd of Move Forward
Read moreWatch out for heavy to very heavy rain during Sep. 26-28
A NOTED ACADEMIC issued a warning for the public to watch out for heavy to very heavy rain during three dangerous days – Tuesday to Thursday Sep. 26-28 – due to the influence of a depression, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Sep. 24). Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seri Suparathit, vice chairman of Foundation of Natural
Read moreSrettha to meet more American companies during Apec summit
PRIME MINISTER-cum-Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin said upon arriving at Suvarnabhumi Airport from New York at 7.30 a.m. this morning (Sep. 24) that he will be holding talks with more American companies when he joins the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in San Francisco during Nov. 11-17, 2023, Matichon newspaper said. While attending the 78th
Read moreSurviving daughter says brutal mum too beat up them
THE TWELVE-YEAR-OLD daughter of a man accused of killing five of his 10 children born to four wives said her mother joined him is brutally beating her and her four baby brothers to death and while she said if she did not do so she would be assaulted, she did not help them, Naewna
Read moreFDA issues warning on contraband roll-on liquid candy
THE Food and Drug Administration alerted parents about the proliferation of contraband roll-on liquid candy while warning those importing and selling them that they face a 30,000 baht fine, Matichon newspaper said today (Sep. 23). Dr. Lertchai Lertwut, deputy secretary-general of the Food and Drug Administration, said this roll-on liquid snack is brightly coloured
Read moreChaithawat named Move Forward leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MP CHAITHAWAT Tulathon was today (Sep.23) named a new leader of the largest opposition party whilst Move Forward MP Apichart Sirisuntorn was named secretary-general of the party. Partisan members attending today’s extraordinary caucus voted 330:5 to land Chaithawat who had earlier performed as Move Forward secretary-general the top
Read moreSwiss tourist dies in jump at Phuket Airport; more heavy rain today
A SWISS MAN who jumped from the third floor of Phuket Airport last evening and was rushed to the hospital died this morning (Sep. 23) while the Meteorological Department warned the tourist island faces more torrential rain today after yesterday’s downpour led to Patong beach being heavily flooded, Phuket Times online news service said.
Read morePatong flooded after heavy rain lashes Phuket
AFTER TORRENTIAL rain battered Phuket today (Sep. 22) several parts of Patong beach got badly flooded with some residents using boats to go through flooded roads that had turned into a river, Naewna newspaper quoted Phuket Times online news service as saying. With floodwaters having risen to half-wheel level small vans could no longer
Read moreGoldman Sachs, Estee Lauder, Microsoft and Google keen on investing in Thailand: Srettha
PRIME MINISTER-CUM-Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin said after holding talks with executives of some top American companies that Goldman Sachs, Estee Lauder, Microsoft and Google are interested in investing in this country, Matichon said today (Sep. 22). After a video call at 7 a.m. yesterday morning to address an Asian Business Council meeting in Thailand
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